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Young explained his attempt to flee was because he panicked but that he stopped and walked back to police who had been called. "It was a very silly thing to do," he said.

Asked by Mr Muling what he was thinking at the time of the offence, Young replied: "I wasn't thinking very straight. It was something out of my character."

Mr Elms accepted that Young was not a vehicle for specific deterrence or that he was likely to reoffend, but he submitted general deterrence was important because scalping "is a significant issue every year with the AFL grand final".

In response to Mr Muling, Mr Elms said he had nothing to say about whether Young should be convicted or not.

Mr Muling told Young it was clear such behaviour had to be deterred, but he accepted "without question" he was of otherwise excellent character.

"I must say on this occasion you had a bit of a brain fade in endeavouring to make a profit out of the sale of a grand final ticket," he said.

Young was fined $850 without conviction and was ordered to pay $1500 costs.